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Sajje is the local name of the pearl millet in Karnataka and is mostly grown in the semiarid districts of North Karnataka. Sajje is milled and used for making flatbread called 'sajje rotti' and is eaten with yennegai (stuffed brinjal) and yogurt. Kambu is the Tamil name of pearl millet and is a common food across the Indian state of Tamil Nadu ...
Proso millet: Panicum miliaceum: চীনা (Sinā) চীনা (Cheenā) ચેનો (Cheno) ಬರಗು (Baragu) പനിവരക് (Panivarakku) वरी (Vari) ଚଣି (Chaṇi) මෙනේරි (Meneri) பனிவரகு (Panivaragu) వరిగులు (Varigulu) चेनो/बरी (Cheno/Bari) कंगनी ...
Millet is the main ingredient in bánh đa kê, a Vietnamese sweet snack. It contains a layer of smashed millet and mungbean topped with sliced dried coconut meat wrapped in a crunchy rice cake. [55] In parts of Africa millet is mixed with milk to make a drink, Brukina. [56]
Foxtail millet, scientific name Setaria italica (synonym Panicum italicum L.), is an annual grass grown for human food. It is the second-most widely planted species of millet , and the most grown millet species in Asia.
Echinochloa frumentacea (Indian barnyard millet, sawa millet, or billion dollar grass) [2] is a species of Echinochloa. Both Echinochloa frumentacea and E. esculenta are called Japanese millet . This millet is widely grown as a cereal in India , Pakistan , and Nepal .
The Indian Institute of Millets Research (ICAR-IIMR) located at Rajendranagar (Hyderabad, Telangana, India) is an agricultural research institute engaged in basic and strategic research on sorghum and other millets.
The most notable of these are Japanese millet (E. esculenta) in East Asia, Indian barnyard millet (E. frumentacea) in South Asia, and burgu millet (E. stagnina) in West Africa. Collectively, the members of this genus are called barnyard grasses (though this may also refer to E. crus-galli specifically), and are also known as barnyard millets or ...
At the Indus Valley civilisation sites of Harappa and Farmana, the millet assemblage was dominated by little millet. [8] Over 10,000 grains of little millet were recovered at Harappa. [ 8 ] At Harappa, little millet cultivation peaked at around 2600 BC, accounting for around 5% of the total cereal assemblage.